DON’T NOD created Life Is Strange, but it’s no longer the steward of the series, which is owned by Square Enix. The latest entry, Double Exposure, developed by Deck Nine, is due out on 29th October – roughly the same time as Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, the spiritual successor to the franchise DON’T NOD birthed. Now, the French firm has announced it’s delaying its game into 2025, in order to give both narrative adventures the space they need to breathe.
“We know that many of our fans are eagerly awaiting this game, just as they are the recently announced next instalment of Life is Strange,” CEO Oskar Guilbert candidly admitted. “Let's give both titles the space they need to be enjoyed by our players within the large community we have built. We firmly believe that the wait for Bloom & Rage will be worth it. We look forward to sharing this new adventure, which we hope will become another memorable chapter in the DON'T NOD universe.”
It's probably a smart decision from DON’T NOD, because there will be overlap between the audiences of the two titles, but Life Is Strange obviously has much bigger brand recognition behind it. Hopefully both games deliver, because personally we really enjoy these narrative-led adventures.
[source actusnews.com]
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Weirdly, I’m more interested in which game will have the better soundtrack. Hopefully we win twice.
Tbh looking forward to both games
Kinda ironic that they delay their game because of a new entry in a series they initally developed
Would they really delay their release more than two months (at the very least) just to keep it from clashing with another game, though? These are rather short narrative-driven games, a few weeks would be enough for people to have finished the game and also to have discussed it at length.
I think it's fair to imagine that they want to use the time for some extra polish as well.
@Gaia093
I envy people who buy a new game like that, only to buy another new game a couple of weeks later lol
@Specky I rarely buy games at launch myself, but there's little doubt in my mind LiS/DON'T NOD fans would get both if they were released, say, a month apart. Not everything is about ourselves.
I missed the announcement of this one somehow. It looks super interesting. Definitely going to pick this up.
im surprised more developers dont do this and move games to better release slots to give it the best chance
Oh man. I was actually more excited for Lost Records than LiS, so not too happy about the news.
I would’ve bought them both. Well, at least I’ve got one of them this year. Really looking forward to both!
Not a problem. Going to get both anyway. And I have games that can fill the space between releases. Win/Win I think!
@Gaia093 Yes, because they literally said so.
It's a fair decision. I want both games and welcome the larger release gap between them.
That's jolly decent of them. And yeah, it'd be nice to have the time between both games to play/absorb/appreciate/digest.
It's always nice seeing devs being honest about these things.
I'm looking forward to both, but in my humble opinion, Deck9 is cranking out better LiS games than DontNod did.
I was already planning to buy both games so I appreciate him giving my wallet some time to heal up.
But what if certain players were looking forward to Lost Records rather than Double Exposure?
@TheAmbienWalrus Vampyr was an amazing game.. a big surprise.
I knew nothing about this but after seeing a teaser trailer I'll be keeping it on my radar.
Feel moving it away from the new life is strange is the right thing to do though
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